RAD, go to a thread and pull it down to "show all topics", then go to the very oldest one and work your way back up to when you joined in. This will give you a good starter read of Jerry Mead. (And you can see some great posts from familiar names.) Then go to your strongest search engine and type in Jerry Mead, & just see what you get!!! I did this myself last May (right?), as sadly he passed on before I had a chance to converse with him here on the board, and I wanted to feel a part of what made this board what it is. The "Curmy factor". Enjoy your journey! CCK

OK Rad, now for the wrath of the weenier! Jerry Mead was not only a fine writer, champion of many lost causes, had one hell of a lust for life, was the Don Quijotie jousting at the Bureau of ATF, firing off letters to every gov`t employee, agency, or beaurocrat that had enuf Bazongers to publish a fax number, BUT he also was an extremely intelligent, caring, and giving man. `Haint met no-one , no-wheres` who met him that didn`t feel empowered by the meeting. " The Curmudgeon was his name, And Wine was his game " You`da liked Curmy. WW